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Details
Previous Names
Worcestershire Mental Hospital (by 1929 - 1947)
Barnsley Hall Mental Hospital (1948 reference)
Barnsley Hall Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases (1949 - 1966)
Address
Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, B61 0EU
Foundation Year
1903
Status
Closed (since 1996)
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Birmingham
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Mid Worcestershire
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
West Midlands
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
West Midlands
District Authority (1974-1982)
Bromsgrove/Redditch
District Authority (Post-1982)
Bromsgrove and Redditch () North Worcestershire ()
Pre-1974 County
Worcestershire
Post-1974 County
Worcestershire
Post-1996 County
Not applicable
Status
Pre-1948
Local Authority, Private
Pre-1948 information
PRIV: Some patients.
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
Mental
Pre-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness.
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness.
Other information
In 1929 the hospital had a nominal capacity of 638, and employed 50 male and 54 female attendants to oversee a daily average of 703 patients. The average weekly cost per patients was 21s, recovered from the 22s 7d charged per week, paid quarterly in advance. Private patients were charged 35s per week, also paid quartery in advance. Byu the time the hospital closed in 1996 the number of beds had shrunk to 45.